AKA David Kirpatrick Este Bruce
Born:12-Feb-1898 Birthplace:Baltimore, MD Died:5-Dec-1977 Location of death:Washington, DC Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried,Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
Gender: Male Religion:Anglican/Episcopalian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation:Diplomat, Politician Nationality: United States Executive summary: US Ambassador to England, France, Germany Military service: US Army Father: William Cabell Bruce (US Senator) Brother: James Bruce Wife: Ailsa Mellon (richest woman in America, b. 1901, m. 1926, div. 1945, d. 25-Aug-1969) Wife: Evangeline Bell (former OSS official, d. Dec-1995) Daughter: Audrey Bruce Currier (by Alisa, disappeared 1967) Son: David Bruce Mother: Louise Fisher
High School: Baltimore, MD University:Princeton University University:University of Virginia Law School:University of Maryland
US Ambassador to NATO (1974-76) US Ambassador to China Diplomatic Liaison (1973-74) US Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1961-69) US Ambassador to Germany (1957-59) US Under Secretary of State (1952-53) US Ambassador to France (1949-52) OSS Agent (1941-45) Virginia State House of Delegates (1939-42) Maryland State House of Delegates (1924-26) American Red Cross Chief Representative in Great Britain (1940) Pilgrims Society Presidential Medal of Freedom 1976
Author of books: Seven Pillars of the Republic (1936) Sixteen American Presidents: From Washington to Lincoln (1936) Revolution to Reconstruction (1939)
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